Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off South Stack: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 30, 1942 at 1350 LT
Operator:
Registration:
DV442
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Harwell - Harwell
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Harwell on a training sortie. In flight, one of the engine failed. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when control was lost and the airplane crashed into the sea off the South Stack Lighthouse. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Boaler, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Longhurst, pilot,
Sgt Cornelius Gerard Roughan, observer.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Boaler, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Longhurst, pilot,
Sgt Cornelius Gerard Roughan, observer.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.
